Day 74 of the 3rd Bible Study Journey - 15 March 2023 reflections
Day 74, 15 Mar 2023
1) Detueronomy 14,15,16
DEUTERONOMY 14
Clean and Unclean Food
Lev 11:1-23
1 (Ro 9:8; Gal 3:26) You are the sons of the Lord your God.
You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness
between your eyes for the dead.
2 (Dt 7:6; Lev 20:26) For you are a holy people to the Lord your God,
and the Lord has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself,
treasured above all the nations that are on the earth.
3 (Eze 4:14; Lev 11:43) You must not eat any detestable thing.
4 These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5 the deer, the gazelle, the fallow deer, the wild goat, and the ibex,
and the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
6 You may eat every animal with divided hooves,
with the hoof divided into two parts, and that chews the cud.
7 Nevertheless, you may not eat of these that chew the cud,
or of them that divide the hoof: the camel, the rabbit, and the coney.
For they chew the cud, but their hoof is not divided,
therefore they are unclean to you.
8 (Lev 11:26-27) The pig is unclean to you because it divides the hoof,
yet it does not chew the cud. You must not eat of their flesh or touch
their dead carcass.
9 These you shall eat of all that are in the water:
All that have fins and scales you may eat.
10 Whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat.
It is unclean to you.
11 You may eat of all clean birds.
12 However, these are the ones which you cannot eat:
the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,
13 the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after its kind,
14 every raven after its kind,
15 and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull,
and the hawk after its kind,
16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the white owl,
17 the pelican, the carrion vulture, and the cormorant,
18 the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
19 Every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you. They must not be eaten.
20 You may eat all the clean birds.
21 (Ex 23:19; 34:26; Lev 17:15) You must not eat of anything that dies of
itself, but you may give it to the foreigner that is in your gates, so that
he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people
to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
Tithes
22 (Dt 12:17; 12:6) You must be certain to tithe all the produce of your seed,
so that the field produces year by year.
23 (Dt 4:10; 12:5-7) You must eat before the Lord your God,
in the place in which He shall choose to place His name,
the tithe of your grain, of your wine, of your oil,
and of the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks so that
you may learn to always fear the Lord your God.
24 (Dt 12:21; 12:5) If the distance is too long for you, so that you are
not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, where
the Lord your God shall choose to set His name, when the Lord
your God blesses you,
25 then you shall exchange it for money and bind up the money
in your hand and go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose.
26 (Dt 12:7; Ecc 9:7) Then you may spend that money for whatever
your heart desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink,
or for whatever your heart desires, and you may eat there before the Lord
your God, and you shall rejoice, you, and your household,
27 (Nu 18:20; Dt 14:29) and the Levite that is within your gates.
You must not forsake him, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.
28 (Dt 14:22; Am 4:4) At the end of three years you must bring forth
all the tithe of your produce the same year and lay it up within your gates.
29 (Dt 15:10; 14:27) Then the Levite (because he has no portion
or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow,
who are within your gates, shall come and shall eat and be satisfied,
so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand
which you do.
Deuteronomy 14
[1] Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves,
nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
[2] for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath
chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that
are upon the earth.
[3] Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
[4] These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the
goat,
[5] The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and
the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
[6] And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two
claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
[7] Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of
them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney:
for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean
unto you.
[8] And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it
is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead
carcase.
[9] These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and
scales shall ye eat:
[10] And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean
unto you.
[11] Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
[12] But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and ossifrage,
and the ospray,
[13] And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
[14] And every raven after his kind,
[15] And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his
kind,
[16] The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
[17] And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
[18] And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the
bat.
[19] And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall
not be eaten.
[20] But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
[21] Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it
unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest
sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God.
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
[22] Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field
bringeth forth year by year.
[23] And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall
choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of
thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou
mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
[24] And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry
it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall
choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
[25] Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine
hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
[26] And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after,
for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever
thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and
thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
[27] And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him;
for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
[28] At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine
increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
[29] And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,)
and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy
gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
DEUTERONOMY 15
The Sabbatical Year
Lev 25:8-38
1 (Dt 31:10; Ex 23:10-11) At the end of every seven years you shall
grant a relinquishing of debts.
2 This is the manner of the relinquishing: Every creditor that has
loaned anything to his neighbor shall relinquish it. He shall not
exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother, because it is called
the Lord's relinquishment.
3 (Dt 23:20) You may collect it from a foreigner, but that which
your brother has that is yours your hand shall release.
4 However, there will be no poor among you, for the Lord will
greatly bless you in the land which the Lord your God has given
you for an inheritance to possess,
5 if only you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God,
by carefully observing all these commandments which I command you today.
6 (Dt 28:12-13; 28:44) For the Lord your God will bless you, just as
He promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you shall
not borrow. You will reign over many nations, but they will not reign
over you.
7 (Dt 15:9) If there be among you a poor man, one of your brothers within
any of your gates in your land which the Lord your God has given you,
you must not harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
8 (Mt 5:42; Lk 6:34) But you shall open your hand wide to him and must surely
lend him what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacks.
9 (Dt 24:15; Mt 20:15; Ex 22:23) Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your
heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand," and
your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing,
and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin in you.
10 (Dt 14:29; 24:19) You must surely give to him, and your heart shall
not be grieved when you give to him, because in this thing the Lord
your God will bless you in all your works, and in all that you put
your hand to do.
11 (Mt 26:11; Mk 14:7) For the poor will never cease from being
in the land. Therefore, I command you, saying, "You shall open your hand
wide to your brother, to your poor and needy in your land."
Freeing Servants
Ex 21:2-6; Lev 25:38=55
12 (Jer 34:14; Lev 25:39-41) If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman,
is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must let
him go free from you.
13 When you send him out free from you, you must
not let him go away empty-handed.
14 You shall supply him liberally out of your flock, out of your floor,
and out of your winepress. From that with which the Lord your God
has blessed you, you shall give to him.
15 (Dt 16:12) You shall remember that you were a slave in the land
of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. Therefore,
I command this to you today.
16 (Ex 21:5-6) It shall be, if he says to you, "I will not go away from you,"
because he loves you and your house, because he is well off with you,
17 then you must take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door,
and he shall be your servant forever. And you shall also do likewise
to your female servant.
18 It will not seem difficult for you when you send him away free from you,
for he has been worth a double hired servant Or double the amount.
in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you
in all that you do.
The Firstborn Animals
19 (Ex 13:2; 13:12) You must sanctify all the firstborn males that come
out of your herd and flock to the Lord your God. You must do no work
with the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your sheep.
20 (Dt 12:5-7; 12:17) You shall eat it before the Lord your God year
by year in the place where the Lord shall choose, you and your household.
21 (Dt 17:1) If there is any defect in it, if it is lame or blind
or has a serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
22 You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean person
alike shall eat it, as if it were a gazelle or a deer.
23 (Dt 12:16; Lev 7:26) Only you must not eat its blood.
You shall pour it on the ground like water.
Deuteronomy 15
[1] At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
[2] And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought
unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour,
or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
[3] Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with
thy brother thine hand shall release;
[4] Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly
bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance
to possess it:
[5] Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to
observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
[6] For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt
lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over
many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
[7] If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of
thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not
harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
[8] But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him
sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
[9] Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The
seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against
thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD
against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
[10] Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when
thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall
bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
[11] For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command
thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor,
and to thy needy, in thy land.
[12] And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman , be sold unto
thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him
go free from thee.
[13] And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go
away empty:
[14] Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy
floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath
blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
[15] And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt,
and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to
day.
[16] And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee;
because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
[17] Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the
door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant
thou shalt do likewise.
[18] It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from
thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee
six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
[19] All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou
shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the
firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
[20] Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place
which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
[21] And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or
have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
[22] Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person
shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
[23] Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the
ground as water.
DEUTERONOMY 16
The Passover
Ex 12:14-20; Lev 23:4-8; Nu 28:16-25
1 (Ex 34:18; 13:4) Observe the month of Aviv
{March-April in the modern calendar.} and keep the Passover to the Lord
your God, for in the month of Aviv the Lord your God brought you
out of Egypt by night.
2 (Dt 12:5; 12:26) Therefore, you must sacrifice the Passover
to the Lord your God, from the flock or the herd, in the place
where the Lord shall choose to place His name.
3 (Ex 12:39; 34:18; 12:8) You must not eat leavened bread with it.
For seven days you must eat unleavened bread,
the bread of affliction, for you came out of the land of Egypt in a hurry,
so that you may remember all the days of your life the day when you
came out of the land of Egypt.
4 (Ex 12:10; 34:25) There must not be any leavened bread seen with
you within all your borders for seven days, nor may any of the
meat which you sacrificed in the evening on the first day remain
overnight until morning.
5 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates
that the Lord your God has given you.
6 But at the place where the Lord your God chooses to place
His name, there you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset,
at the time that you came out of Egypt.
7 (2Ch 35:13) You shall roast and eat it in the place where the Lord your God
will choose, and you must return in the morning, and go to your tents.
8 (Lev 23:36) For six days you must eat unleavened bread,
and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God.
You must do no work on that day.
The Feast of Weeks
Lev 23:15-22; Nu 28:26-31
9 (Ex 23:16; 34:22) You must count seven weeks for yourself.
Begin counting the seven weeks from the time you begin
to put the sickle to the standing grain.
10 (1Co 16:2) You must keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord
your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand,
which you must give to the Lord your God, in proportion to
how much the Lord your God has blessed you.
11 (Dt 12:7; 12:12) You shall rejoice before the Lord your God-you,
your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant,
the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the orphan,
and the widow who are among you-in the place where the Lord
your God has chosen to place His name.
12 (Dt 15:15) You must remember that you were a slave in Egypt,
and you must be careful to observe these statutes.
The Feast of Tabernacles
Lev 23:33-43; Nu 29:12-39
13 (Ex 23:16; Lev 23:34-36) You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles
seven days after you have gathered in your threshing floor
and your winepress,
14 (Dt 16:11; Ne 8:9-12) and you shall rejoice in your feast, you,
your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant,
the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow who
are within your gates.
15 You are to celebrate the festival for seven days to the Lord your God
in the place where the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will
bless you in all your produce, and in all the works of your hands.
Therefore, you will indeed rejoice.
16 (Ex 23:14-17; 34:20) Three times a year all your males must appear
before the Lord your God in the place where He will choose:
at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks,
and at the Feast of Tabernacles, and they must not appear
before the Lord empty.
17 (Dt 16:10; 2Co 8:12) Every man must give as he is able,
in proportion to the blessing of the Lord your God, which
He has given you.
Deuteronomy 16
[1] Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God:
for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by
night.
[2] Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of
the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place
his name there.
[3] Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat
unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest
forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day
when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
[4] And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast
seven days; neither shall there anything of the flesh, which thou
sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
[5] Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which
the LORD thy God giveth thee:
[6] But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name
in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of
the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
[7] And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God
shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
[8] Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall
be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
[9] Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks
from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
[10] And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a
tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the
LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
[11] And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and
thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that
is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow,
that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place
his name there.
[12] And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou
shalt observe and do these statutes.
[13] Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou
hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
[14] And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy
daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the
stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
[15] Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the
place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee
in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou
shalt surely rejoice.
[16] Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy
God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread,
and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall
not appear before the LORD empty:
[17] Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the
LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
DEUTERONOMY 16
Judges
18 (1Ch 23:4; 26:29) You must appoint judges and officers
in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you,
throughout your tribes, and they shall judge the people
with righteous judgment.
19 (Ex 23:2; Lev 19:15) You must not pervert judgment nor show partiality.
You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise
and perverts the words of the righteous.
20 (Dt 4:1) You must follow that which is altogether just, so that you may
live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Idolatry Forbidden
21 (2Ki 17:16; 2Ch 33:3) You must not plant for yourself an Asherah
Wooden symbol of a female deity. of any trees near the altar of
the Lord your God, which you make for yourself.
22 (Lev 26:1; Ex 20:4) You shall not set up for yourself any image,
which the Lord your God hates.
[18] Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the
LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the
people with just judgment.
[19] Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither
take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the
words of the righteous.
[20] That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live,
and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
[21] Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of
the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
[22] Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God
hateth.
2) Our Daily Bread for 15 March 2023 titled
Still Before God
Psalm 46
Psalms 46
For the Music Director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.
A Song.
1 God is our refuge and strength,
a well-proven help in trouble.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed,
and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) There is a river whose streams make glad the city
of God, the holy dwelling place of the Most High.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) God is in the midst of her; she will not be moved;
God will help her in the early dawn.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) The nations roared; the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice; the earth melted.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) The Lord of Hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Come, see the works of the Lord,
who makes desolations in the earth.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts off the spear;
He burns the chariot in the fire.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Be still and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) The Lord of Hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
[1] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
[2] Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though
the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
[3] Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains
shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
[4] There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God,
the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
[5] God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her,
and that right early.
[6] The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the
earth melted.
[7] The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
[8] Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in
the earth.
[9] He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow,
and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
[10] Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen,
I will be exalted in the earth.
[11] The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
The first photograph of a living person was taken by Louis Daguerre in 1838.
The photo depicts a figure on an otherwise empty avenue in Paris in the
middle of an afternoon. But there's an apparent mystery about it; the street
and sidewalks should have been bustling with the traffic of carriages and
pedestrians at that time of day, yet none can be seen.
The man wasn't alone. People and horses were there on the busy Boulevard du
Temple, the popular area where the photo was taken. They just didn't show up
in the picture. The exposure time to process the photograph (known as a
Daguerreotype) took seven minutes to capture an image, which had to be
motionless during that time. It appears that the man on the sidewalk was the
sole person photographed because he was the only one standing still-he was
having his boots shined.
Sometimes stillness accomplishes what motion and effort can't. God tells His
people in Psalm 46:10, "Be still and know that I am God." Even when nations
are "in uproar" (v. 6) and "the earth" shakes (v. 2), those who quietly trust
in Him will discover in Him "an ever-present help in trouble" (v. 1).
The Hebrew verb rendered "be still" can also be translated "cease striving."
When we rest in God instead of relying on our limited efforts, we
discover Him to be our unassailable "refuge and strength" (v. 1).
By: James Banks
Reflect & Pray
How will you "show up" for God by being still before Him today?
Where do you need to trust Him more?
Heavenly Father, please help me to trust in You
and to rest in the quiet awareness of Your unfailing love.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 4 "Formula" for Forgiveness
Luke 17:3 - 4
3 (Lev 19:17; Mt 18:21)"Take heed to yourselves."
"If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents,
forgive him.
4 (Mt 18:21-22) If he sins against you seven times in a day,
and seven times in a day turns to you, saying,
'I repent,' you must forgive him."
3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him;
and if he repent, forgive him.
4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day,
and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent;
thou shalt forgive him.
The context of these verses give us an interesting perspective of Jesus'
disciples. In a corollary passage in Matthew 18, the disciples (through
Peter, the designated mouthpiece) ask Jesus,
21 (Mt 18:15; Lk 17:3-4) Then Peter came to Him and said,
"Lord, how often shall I forgive my brother who sins against me?
Up to seven times?" (Matthew 18:21)
The disciples wanted a "formula" for forgiveness: they wanted to be able to
develop a checklist. Once, twice, maybe three times a brother could be
forgiven, but after that, you could write him off. After all, if
he keeps on offending over and over again, he doesn't deserve to be forgiven!
But Jesus says, " Rebuke him - let him know his fault; if he repents,
forgive him - even seven times in the same day!"
And the disciplines' response is predictable: "Lord, increase our faith!" They
were more comfortable with their own formula for forgiveness than with the
outrageous demands of the love that Christ imposed upon them.
We are so like the disciples. We want to draw a line and say. "This far
- no more. I'll forgive you once, but don't do it again. Now that you're
forgiven, you'd better shape up!". Yet God's love doesn't recognise "again".
He forgives, and no matter how often we come to him in repentance
for repeated offenses, his arms of forgiveness are open to us.
That is the way God wants us to forgive. He wants us to lay aside our
checklists, put away our suspicions, abandon our scoreboards, and forgive.
Seven times, or seventy times seven, as often as we have sinned against God
and been forgiven, we are to forgive.
Application
a) Have I ever kept a "scorecard" of performance on someone I
have forgiven ? Why?
b) Why do I need "increased faith" to be able to forgive as
Jesus calls me to?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Deut 8:18
18 But you must remember the Lord your God,
for it is He who gives you the ability to get wealth,
so that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers,
as it is today.
18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth
thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant
which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
PSALMS 25:15-21
15 My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
for He will lead my feet from the net.
16 Turn to me, and be gracious to me,
for I am isolated and afflicted.
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
bring me out of my distresses.
18 Look on my pain and misery,
and forgive all my sins.
19 Consider my enemies, for they are many,
and they hate me with violent hatred.
20 Watch over my life, and deliver me!
Let me not suffer shame,
for I seek refuge in You.
21 Truth and integrity will preserve me
while I wait for You.
Ain
15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD;
For he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Pe
16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;
For I am desolate and afflicted.
Zade
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged:
O bring thou me out of my distresses.
(Qoph)
18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain;
And forgive all my sins.
Resh
19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many;
And they hate me with cruel hatred.
Shin
20 O keep my soul, and deliver me:
Let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Taw
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me;
For I wait on thee.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Saskatchewan
Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400
est Muslim Population 17279
CNMM Networks: Saskatoon
Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past
5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have
focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts
of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres
of worship and an ISlamic madrassah (school) located right next to a
Christian school.
Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up
in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young
women who were wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.
Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
15th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous
standards of living (John 16: 8 - 11
8 "When He comes, He will convict the world of sin
and of righteousness and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 of righteousness, because I am going to My Father,
and you will see Me no more;
11 and of judgment, because the ruler of this world stands condemned."
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
)
b) Pray for the province of Nova Scotia
I) Pray for the leaders of Nova Scotia, that God's Spirit would influence
them to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet
and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 who will have all men to be saved,
and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
)
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to be Holy in the eyes of the Lord
and honour Him.
Pray to the Lord: "Heavenly Father, please help me to trust in You
and to rest in the quiet awareness of Your unfailing love."
Pray to the Lord and pray to forgive others without
holding their sins against them.
Pray to the Lord and pray to remember where blessings come from.
Pray to the Lord and pray for integrity and uprighteousness to preserve you.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Pray for the Lord to convict all of humanity of His Righteous
standards of living
Pray for the widows and families of pastors in Columbia who have been
killed by guerilla groups.
1) Detueronomy 14,15,16
DEUTERONOMY 14
Clean and Unclean Food
Lev 11:1-23
1 (Ro 9:8; Gal 3:26) You are the sons of the Lord your God.
You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness
between your eyes for the dead.
2 (Dt 7:6; Lev 20:26) For you are a holy people to the Lord your God,
and the Lord has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself,
treasured above all the nations that are on the earth.
3 (Eze 4:14; Lev 11:43) You must not eat any detestable thing.
4 These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5 the deer, the gazelle, the fallow deer, the wild goat, and the ibex,
and the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
6 You may eat every animal with divided hooves,
with the hoof divided into two parts, and that chews the cud.
7 Nevertheless, you may not eat of these that chew the cud,
or of them that divide the hoof: the camel, the rabbit, and the coney.
For they chew the cud, but their hoof is not divided,
therefore they are unclean to you.
8 (Lev 11:26-27) The pig is unclean to you because it divides the hoof,
yet it does not chew the cud. You must not eat of their flesh or touch
their dead carcass.
9 These you shall eat of all that are in the water:
All that have fins and scales you may eat.
10 Whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat.
It is unclean to you.
11 You may eat of all clean birds.
12 However, these are the ones which you cannot eat:
the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,
13 the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after its kind,
14 every raven after its kind,
15 and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull,
and the hawk after its kind,
16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the white owl,
17 the pelican, the carrion vulture, and the cormorant,
18 the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
19 Every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you. They must not be eaten.
20 You may eat all the clean birds.
21 (Ex 23:19; 34:26; Lev 17:15) You must not eat of anything that dies of
itself, but you may give it to the foreigner that is in your gates, so that
he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people
to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
Tithes
22 (Dt 12:17; 12:6) You must be certain to tithe all the produce of your seed,
so that the field produces year by year.
23 (Dt 4:10; 12:5-7) You must eat before the Lord your God,
in the place in which He shall choose to place His name,
the tithe of your grain, of your wine, of your oil,
and of the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks so that
you may learn to always fear the Lord your God.
24 (Dt 12:21; 12:5) If the distance is too long for you, so that you are
not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, where
the Lord your God shall choose to set His name, when the Lord
your God blesses you,
25 then you shall exchange it for money and bind up the money
in your hand and go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose.
26 (Dt 12:7; Ecc 9:7) Then you may spend that money for whatever
your heart desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink,
or for whatever your heart desires, and you may eat there before the Lord
your God, and you shall rejoice, you, and your household,
27 (Nu 18:20; Dt 14:29) and the Levite that is within your gates.
You must not forsake him, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.
28 (Dt 14:22; Am 4:4) At the end of three years you must bring forth
all the tithe of your produce the same year and lay it up within your gates.
29 (Dt 15:10; 14:27) Then the Levite (because he has no portion
or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow,
who are within your gates, shall come and shall eat and be satisfied,
so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand
which you do.
Deuteronomy 14
[1] Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves,
nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
[2] for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath
chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that
are upon the earth.
[3] Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
[4] These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the
goat,
[5] The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and
the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
[6] And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two
claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
[7] Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of
them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney:
for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean
unto you.
[8] And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it
is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead
carcase.
[9] These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and
scales shall ye eat:
[10] And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean
unto you.
[11] Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
[12] But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and ossifrage,
and the ospray,
[13] And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
[14] And every raven after his kind,
[15] And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his
kind,
[16] The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
[17] And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
[18] And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the
bat.
[19] And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall
not be eaten.
[20] But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
[21] Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it
unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest
sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God.
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
[22] Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field
bringeth forth year by year.
[23] And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall
choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of
thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou
mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
[24] And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry
it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall
choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
[25] Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine
hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
[26] And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after,
for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever
thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and
thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
[27] And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him;
for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
[28] At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine
increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
[29] And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,)
and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy
gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
DEUTERONOMY 15
The Sabbatical Year
Lev 25:8-38
1 (Dt 31:10; Ex 23:10-11) At the end of every seven years you shall
grant a relinquishing of debts.
2 This is the manner of the relinquishing: Every creditor that has
loaned anything to his neighbor shall relinquish it. He shall not
exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother, because it is called
the Lord's relinquishment.
3 (Dt 23:20) You may collect it from a foreigner, but that which
your brother has that is yours your hand shall release.
4 However, there will be no poor among you, for the Lord will
greatly bless you in the land which the Lord your God has given
you for an inheritance to possess,
5 if only you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God,
by carefully observing all these commandments which I command you today.
6 (Dt 28:12-13; 28:44) For the Lord your God will bless you, just as
He promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you shall
not borrow. You will reign over many nations, but they will not reign
over you.
7 (Dt 15:9) If there be among you a poor man, one of your brothers within
any of your gates in your land which the Lord your God has given you,
you must not harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
8 (Mt 5:42; Lk 6:34) But you shall open your hand wide to him and must surely
lend him what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacks.
9 (Dt 24:15; Mt 20:15; Ex 22:23) Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your
heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand," and
your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing,
and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin in you.
10 (Dt 14:29; 24:19) You must surely give to him, and your heart shall
not be grieved when you give to him, because in this thing the Lord
your God will bless you in all your works, and in all that you put
your hand to do.
11 (Mt 26:11; Mk 14:7) For the poor will never cease from being
in the land. Therefore, I command you, saying, "You shall open your hand
wide to your brother, to your poor and needy in your land."
Freeing Servants
Ex 21:2-6; Lev 25:38=55
12 (Jer 34:14; Lev 25:39-41) If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman,
is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must let
him go free from you.
13 When you send him out free from you, you must
not let him go away empty-handed.
14 You shall supply him liberally out of your flock, out of your floor,
and out of your winepress. From that with which the Lord your God
has blessed you, you shall give to him.
15 (Dt 16:12) You shall remember that you were a slave in the land
of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. Therefore,
I command this to you today.
16 (Ex 21:5-6) It shall be, if he says to you, "I will not go away from you,"
because he loves you and your house, because he is well off with you,
17 then you must take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door,
and he shall be your servant forever. And you shall also do likewise
to your female servant.
18 It will not seem difficult for you when you send him away free from you,
for he has been worth a double hired servant Or double the amount.
in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you
in all that you do.
The Firstborn Animals
19 (Ex 13:2; 13:12) You must sanctify all the firstborn males that come
out of your herd and flock to the Lord your God. You must do no work
with the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your sheep.
20 (Dt 12:5-7; 12:17) You shall eat it before the Lord your God year
by year in the place where the Lord shall choose, you and your household.
21 (Dt 17:1) If there is any defect in it, if it is lame or blind
or has a serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
22 You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean person
alike shall eat it, as if it were a gazelle or a deer.
23 (Dt 12:16; Lev 7:26) Only you must not eat its blood.
You shall pour it on the ground like water.
Deuteronomy 15
[1] At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
[2] And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought
unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour,
or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
[3] Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with
thy brother thine hand shall release;
[4] Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly
bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance
to possess it:
[5] Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to
observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
[6] For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt
lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over
many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
[7] If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of
thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not
harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
[8] But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him
sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
[9] Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The
seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against
thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD
against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
[10] Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when
thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall
bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
[11] For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command
thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor,
and to thy needy, in thy land.
[12] And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman , be sold unto
thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him
go free from thee.
[13] And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go
away empty:
[14] Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy
floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath
blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
[15] And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt,
and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to
day.
[16] And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee;
because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
[17] Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the
door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant
thou shalt do likewise.
[18] It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from
thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee
six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
[19] All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou
shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the
firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
[20] Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place
which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
[21] And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or
have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
[22] Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person
shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
[23] Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the
ground as water.
DEUTERONOMY 16
The Passover
Ex 12:14-20; Lev 23:4-8; Nu 28:16-25
1 (Ex 34:18; 13:4) Observe the month of Aviv
{March-April in the modern calendar.} and keep the Passover to the Lord
your God, for in the month of Aviv the Lord your God brought you
out of Egypt by night.
2 (Dt 12:5; 12:26) Therefore, you must sacrifice the Passover
to the Lord your God, from the flock or the herd, in the place
where the Lord shall choose to place His name.
3 (Ex 12:39; 34:18; 12:8) You must not eat leavened bread with it.
For seven days you must eat unleavened bread,
the bread of affliction, for you came out of the land of Egypt in a hurry,
so that you may remember all the days of your life the day when you
came out of the land of Egypt.
4 (Ex 12:10; 34:25) There must not be any leavened bread seen with
you within all your borders for seven days, nor may any of the
meat which you sacrificed in the evening on the first day remain
overnight until morning.
5 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates
that the Lord your God has given you.
6 But at the place where the Lord your God chooses to place
His name, there you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset,
at the time that you came out of Egypt.
7 (2Ch 35:13) You shall roast and eat it in the place where the Lord your God
will choose, and you must return in the morning, and go to your tents.
8 (Lev 23:36) For six days you must eat unleavened bread,
and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God.
You must do no work on that day.
The Feast of Weeks
Lev 23:15-22; Nu 28:26-31
9 (Ex 23:16; 34:22) You must count seven weeks for yourself.
Begin counting the seven weeks from the time you begin
to put the sickle to the standing grain.
10 (1Co 16:2) You must keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord
your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand,
which you must give to the Lord your God, in proportion to
how much the Lord your God has blessed you.
11 (Dt 12:7; 12:12) You shall rejoice before the Lord your God-you,
your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant,
the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the orphan,
and the widow who are among you-in the place where the Lord
your God has chosen to place His name.
12 (Dt 15:15) You must remember that you were a slave in Egypt,
and you must be careful to observe these statutes.
The Feast of Tabernacles
Lev 23:33-43; Nu 29:12-39
13 (Ex 23:16; Lev 23:34-36) You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles
seven days after you have gathered in your threshing floor
and your winepress,
14 (Dt 16:11; Ne 8:9-12) and you shall rejoice in your feast, you,
your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant,
the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow who
are within your gates.
15 You are to celebrate the festival for seven days to the Lord your God
in the place where the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will
bless you in all your produce, and in all the works of your hands.
Therefore, you will indeed rejoice.
16 (Ex 23:14-17; 34:20) Three times a year all your males must appear
before the Lord your God in the place where He will choose:
at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks,
and at the Feast of Tabernacles, and they must not appear
before the Lord empty.
17 (Dt 16:10; 2Co 8:12) Every man must give as he is able,
in proportion to the blessing of the Lord your God, which
He has given you.
Deuteronomy 16
[1] Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God:
for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by
night.
[2] Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of
the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place
his name there.
[3] Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat
unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest
forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day
when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
[4] And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast
seven days; neither shall there anything of the flesh, which thou
sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
[5] Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which
the LORD thy God giveth thee:
[6] But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name
in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of
the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
[7] And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God
shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
[8] Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall
be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
[9] Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks
from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
[10] And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a
tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the
LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
[11] And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and
thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that
is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow,
that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place
his name there.
[12] And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou
shalt observe and do these statutes.
[13] Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou
hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
[14] And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy
daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the
stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
[15] Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the
place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee
in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou
shalt surely rejoice.
[16] Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy
God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread,
and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall
not appear before the LORD empty:
[17] Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the
LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
DEUTERONOMY 16
Judges
18 (1Ch 23:4; 26:29) You must appoint judges and officers
in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you,
throughout your tribes, and they shall judge the people
with righteous judgment.
19 (Ex 23:2; Lev 19:15) You must not pervert judgment nor show partiality.
You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise
and perverts the words of the righteous.
20 (Dt 4:1) You must follow that which is altogether just, so that you may
live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Idolatry Forbidden
21 (2Ki 17:16; 2Ch 33:3) You must not plant for yourself an Asherah
Wooden symbol of a female deity. of any trees near the altar of
the Lord your God, which you make for yourself.
22 (Lev 26:1; Ex 20:4) You shall not set up for yourself any image,
which the Lord your God hates.
[18] Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the
LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the
people with just judgment.
[19] Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither
take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the
words of the righteous.
[20] That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live,
and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
[21] Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of
the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
[22] Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God
hateth.
2) Our Daily Bread for 15 March 2023 titled
Still Before God
Psalm 46
Psalms 46
For the Music Director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.
A Song.
1 God is our refuge and strength,
a well-proven help in trouble.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed,
and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) There is a river whose streams make glad the city
of God, the holy dwelling place of the Most High.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) God is in the midst of her; she will not be moved;
God will help her in the early dawn.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) The nations roared; the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice; the earth melted.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) The Lord of Hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Come, see the works of the Lord,
who makes desolations in the earth.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts off the spear;
He burns the chariot in the fire.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Be still and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) The Lord of Hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
[1] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
[2] Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though
the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
[3] Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains
shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
[4] There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God,
the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
[5] God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her,
and that right early.
[6] The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the
earth melted.
[7] The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
[8] Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in
the earth.
[9] He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow,
and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
[10] Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen,
I will be exalted in the earth.
[11] The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
The first photograph of a living person was taken by Louis Daguerre in 1838.
The photo depicts a figure on an otherwise empty avenue in Paris in the
middle of an afternoon. But there's an apparent mystery about it; the street
and sidewalks should have been bustling with the traffic of carriages and
pedestrians at that time of day, yet none can be seen.
The man wasn't alone. People and horses were there on the busy Boulevard du
Temple, the popular area where the photo was taken. They just didn't show up
in the picture. The exposure time to process the photograph (known as a
Daguerreotype) took seven minutes to capture an image, which had to be
motionless during that time. It appears that the man on the sidewalk was the
sole person photographed because he was the only one standing still-he was
having his boots shined.
Sometimes stillness accomplishes what motion and effort can't. God tells His
people in Psalm 46:10, "Be still and know that I am God." Even when nations
are "in uproar" (v. 6) and "the earth" shakes (v. 2), those who quietly trust
in Him will discover in Him "an ever-present help in trouble" (v. 1).
The Hebrew verb rendered "be still" can also be translated "cease striving."
When we rest in God instead of relying on our limited efforts, we
discover Him to be our unassailable "refuge and strength" (v. 1).
By: James Banks
Reflect & Pray
How will you "show up" for God by being still before Him today?
Where do you need to trust Him more?
Heavenly Father, please help me to trust in You
and to rest in the quiet awareness of Your unfailing love.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 4 "Formula" for Forgiveness
Luke 17:3 - 4
3 (Lev 19:17; Mt 18:21)"Take heed to yourselves."
"If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents,
forgive him.
4 (Mt 18:21-22) If he sins against you seven times in a day,
and seven times in a day turns to you, saying,
'I repent,' you must forgive him."
3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him;
and if he repent, forgive him.
4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day,
and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent;
thou shalt forgive him.
The context of these verses give us an interesting perspective of Jesus'
disciples. In a corollary passage in Matthew 18, the disciples (through
Peter, the designated mouthpiece) ask Jesus,
21 (Mt 18:15; Lk 17:3-4) Then Peter came to Him and said,
"Lord, how often shall I forgive my brother who sins against me?
Up to seven times?" (Matthew 18:21)
The disciples wanted a "formula" for forgiveness: they wanted to be able to
develop a checklist. Once, twice, maybe three times a brother could be
forgiven, but after that, you could write him off. After all, if
he keeps on offending over and over again, he doesn't deserve to be forgiven!
But Jesus says, " Rebuke him - let him know his fault; if he repents,
forgive him - even seven times in the same day!"
And the disciplines' response is predictable: "Lord, increase our faith!" They
were more comfortable with their own formula for forgiveness than with the
outrageous demands of the love that Christ imposed upon them.
We are so like the disciples. We want to draw a line and say. "This far
- no more. I'll forgive you once, but don't do it again. Now that you're
forgiven, you'd better shape up!". Yet God's love doesn't recognise "again".
He forgives, and no matter how often we come to him in repentance
for repeated offenses, his arms of forgiveness are open to us.
That is the way God wants us to forgive. He wants us to lay aside our
checklists, put away our suspicions, abandon our scoreboards, and forgive.
Seven times, or seventy times seven, as often as we have sinned against God
and been forgiven, we are to forgive.
Application
a) Have I ever kept a "scorecard" of performance on someone I
have forgiven ? Why?
b) Why do I need "increased faith" to be able to forgive as
Jesus calls me to?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Deut 8:18
18 But you must remember the Lord your God,
for it is He who gives you the ability to get wealth,
so that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers,
as it is today.
18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth
thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant
which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
PSALMS 25:15-21
15 My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
for He will lead my feet from the net.
16 Turn to me, and be gracious to me,
for I am isolated and afflicted.
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
bring me out of my distresses.
18 Look on my pain and misery,
and forgive all my sins.
19 Consider my enemies, for they are many,
and they hate me with violent hatred.
20 Watch over my life, and deliver me!
Let me not suffer shame,
for I seek refuge in You.
21 Truth and integrity will preserve me
while I wait for You.
Ain
15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD;
For he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Pe
16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;
For I am desolate and afflicted.
Zade
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged:
O bring thou me out of my distresses.
(Qoph)
18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain;
And forgive all my sins.
Resh
19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many;
And they hate me with cruel hatred.
Shin
20 O keep my soul, and deliver me:
Let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Taw
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me;
For I wait on thee.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Saskatchewan
Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400
est Muslim Population 17279
CNMM Networks: Saskatoon
Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past
5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have
focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts
of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres
of worship and an ISlamic madrassah (school) located right next to a
Christian school.
Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up
in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young
women who were wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.
Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
15th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous
standards of living (John 16: 8 - 11
8 "When He comes, He will convict the world of sin
and of righteousness and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 of righteousness, because I am going to My Father,
and you will see Me no more;
11 and of judgment, because the ruler of this world stands condemned."
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
)
b) Pray for the province of Nova Scotia
I) Pray for the leaders of Nova Scotia, that God's Spirit would influence
them to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet
and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 who will have all men to be saved,
and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
)
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to be Holy in the eyes of the Lord
and honour Him.
Pray to the Lord: "Heavenly Father, please help me to trust in You
and to rest in the quiet awareness of Your unfailing love."
Pray to the Lord and pray to forgive others without
holding their sins against them.
Pray to the Lord and pray to remember where blessings come from.
Pray to the Lord and pray for integrity and uprighteousness to preserve you.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Pray for the Lord to convict all of humanity of His Righteous
standards of living
Pray for the widows and families of pastors in Columbia who have been
killed by guerilla groups.